m_myers

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by m_myers 10y ago
An illustrative quote from the first chapter of Sir Walter Scott's historical novel Ivanhoe (published 1820, available from Project Gutenberg at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/82 ): --- “Truly,” said Wamba, with
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by m_myers 10y ago
When a story is well done, I can immerse myself in it and see it from a character's point of view. So I can still enjoy a movie with a big reveal at the end even if I already know the reveal. On the other hand, some movies are simply t
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by m_myers 10y ago
That depends on which direction the cousin is removed. If a generation above your father, it is your first cousin twice removed. If a generation below, it is your second cousin.
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Schrödinger crossword puzzles(xwordinfo.com)
1 points by m_myers 10y ago|0 comments
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by m_myers 11y ago
I got to the part about buying new clothes instead of washing before I wondered the same thing.
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by m_myers 11y ago
Thanks. Can a mod please change the link?
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by m_myers 11y ago
It was a satirical picture: http://www.doxdesk.com/img/updates/20091116-so-large.gif (source: http://www.doxdesk.com/updates/2009.html )
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by m_myers 11y ago
What browser are you using that doesn't have a search box?
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Outsider Artist: Understanding the Beauty of Steph Curry’s Jumper(grantland.com)
5 points by m_myers 11y ago|0 comments
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by m_myers 11y ago
A more interesting tidbit from the new rules, from my perspective, is the introduction of the one-point safety. It is now theoretically possible to see a game with a score of 6-1. Team A scores a touchdown (6 points) and attempts to kick an
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by m_myers 11y ago
90+ yard plays are indeed extraordinary. There were 4 90+ yard plays on offense last season and one 90+ yard return of a turnover. Relatively speaking, your odds of scoring after catching a ball inside your own 10 yard line are much higher
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by m_myers 12y ago
CHIP: My father told me, "Chip, my boy, There'll come a time when you leave home; If you should ever hit New York, Be sure to see the Hippodrome." HILDY: The Hippodrome? CHIP: The Hipp
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by m_myers 12y ago
Too bad the government is the only entity that can fund research.
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by m_myers 12y ago
I remember exactly the illustrations you're talking about. They were on a left-hand page of the book. Build a Better Life is composed mostly of pages divided into quadrants, in which Dogbert introduces the page's theme in the up
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by m_myers 12y ago
I believe it's a page from Build a Better Life by Stealing Office Supplies , not an actual strip.
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by m_myers 12y ago
Already submitted (with a trailing slash): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8899560
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by m_myers 12y ago
Where are you seeing mandatory real name and email validation?
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by m_myers 12y ago
I could only get as high as 14 before getting bored and fiddling with the source code.
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by m_myers 12y ago
GIFs just work. GIFVs might or might not work. That's a huge difference.
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by m_myers 12y ago
A little research turns up an estimate of 115 million households in the US, divided into not quite 42000 5-digit zip codes. That's about 2750 households per zip code. Of course this doesn't account for business addresses or multi-
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by m_myers 12y ago
In a tournament featuring six of the top nine chess players, playing a game heavily geared towards draws, Fabiano Caruana won his first six games and finished 7-0-3. For perspective, current world champion Magnus Carlsen was second with a 2
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by m_myers 12y ago
Relevant xkcd: http://xkcd.com/978/ "Citogenesis" Wikipedia touches briefly on this problem in "Reliability of Wikipedia": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia
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by m_myers 12y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7985305 with comments by the creator, jashkenas.
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by m_myers 12y ago
> they have enough people who are more concerned with convenience than principles as amply shown on HN. Perhaps you could instead consider that not everyone shares your beliefs or principles.
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by m_myers 12y ago
I like the slow pace. I'm a good guesser based on pattern-matching, but that can hinder my learning when I successfully guess answers before I understand the underlying principles. And then I'm never quite sure I'm really doi
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by m_myers 12y ago
Not sure which came first, but that sounds very much like "Motel of the Mysteries", a 1979 pseudo-future-archaeology book by David Macaulay. An archaeologist in the year 4022 walking through the ancient land of "Usa" stu
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by m_myers 12y ago
That is simply staggering. I can barely get through one pass of the deck in 37 seconds. Was that with three-card flip or one-card?
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by m_myers 12y ago
Pretty sure 11-3 is Grand Junction, CO, based on the highway signs and the mountains in the background.
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ESPN and BitPay to produce NCAA bowl game – the "Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl"(blog.bitpay.com)
1 points by m_myers 12y ago|0 comments
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by m_myers 12y ago
I'm still able to log in to Yahoo! with my Google account, although it seems they're phasing out that option: http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/05/technology/yahoo-google-face...

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